JP2003098947A - Learning support device and learning support method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a learning support device which solves such problems that, when a learner stops learning in the middle of learning, it is difficult to continue learning since it is hard for the learner to know to what extent the learner has compreherended and from where to resume learning and that the learner cannot see other learners' state of learning, and which enables the learner to have continuous learning motivation by having communication like encouraging the learner whose learning motivation is declining. SOLUTION: In the learning support device, a presenting method determining section 17 determines, based on learner's operation information inputted from an operation section 12 and learning state stored in a learning state storage section 15, the method to present teaching materials stored in a teaching material storage section 10 to a learning material presentation section 11 and determines the method to present the learning state stored in a learning state storage section 15 to a learning state presenting section 16. Also, the presenting method determining section 17, by using inter-personal relationship obtained through analyzing messages between learners, specifies learners with close ties and reads the learning state of the learners to determines whether or not the learning state of each learner is to be presented and the method to present it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a learning support device and a learning support method for supporting a learner who conducts independent learning using teaching materials provided through a network or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, due to the spread of inexpensive computers and the Internet, distance learning using computers (so-called e-Learning) has become popular as an aid to group learning by teachers and multiple students in the classroom. It's starting. Since there is no time or place restriction in such distance learning, anyone can learn independently at home or at work. For example, there is a correspondence course for the purpose of re-education for middle-aged and elderly workers, lifelong education such as language learning, and home learning for school refusal children, and many self-study materials have been created.

[0003] However, such correspondence education has a problem that it is difficult to continue the learning because the learning style is mainly a self-study. For example, it is said that students who graduate without retiring in the correspondence course of a university account for 20 to 30% of the enrolled students. In order to solve this problem, educational materials that will not get tired and the support system for advisors and the secretariat are being developed. However, since it takes time and energy to receive support, many learners will not be able to continue and will retire.

The problem with the learning style of self-study is that even if you start with motivation, if you cannot understand, get tired, or fall asleep, you do not know where to resume. It's possible to do a small performance test to find out where to start over, but it's not a good idea for timeless learners.

As a technique related to this, for example, as described in Japanese Patent No. 2546415, Japanese Patent No. 2912376, Japanese Patent No. 29363943, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-96971, etc., mainly when driving a vehicle. In order to prevent drowsiness, the method of detecting drowsiness by analyzing the image of the driver's eyes, analyzing the driver's posture, measuring skin potential, etc. Many patent applications have been made to evoke them.

[0006] However, a distance learning learner does not have a safety problem even if he / she falls asleep, and even if he / she calls attention on the spot, he / she cannot concentrate on the teaching material immediately. Rather, it may be easier to concentrate if you take a break and resume.

[0007] In correspondence education, it is difficult to find a partner who shares troubles during learning such as delay in progress. In group learning in the classroom, you can understand the situation of the learners around you to some extent, so you can rest assured that you are not the only one who does not know, you can be baffled by the person who is trying hard and you can help each other. . However, in distance learning, there are few other learners studying with the same teaching materials, and there are few opportunities for communication.

In order to solve such a problem, there is a distance learning site having a mechanism for supporting communication between learners by means of an electronic bulletin board or the like.

[0009] However, if the desire to learn is low,
There are few learners who are willing to deal with problems on bulletin boards. Rather, it seems that there are many learners who become isolated without taking action from themselves. Other learners have no way of knowing the existence of learners who are less motivated to learn. That said, the existence of learners who are less motivated to learn
Notifying all other learners is out of the question. The pride of learners will be hurt, and if too many learners are in trouble, it will be difficult for them to help each other. Although it should be presented only to an appropriate learner who should be informed of the learning situation of a certain learner, it is difficult to determine an appropriate learner with the conventional technology.

[0010]

As described above, in the conventional learning support device, when learning is interrupted halfway, it is difficult to know how much one understands itself and where to resume, and it is difficult to continue. Moreover, since the learning status of other learners cannot be seen, it is difficult to perform communication such as peeling off learners who are not motivated to learn.

In view of this, the present invention presents the learner's learning status in a time series, and enables the learning to be resumed later when the concentration is reduced. In addition, communication of learners is promoted by informing other appropriate learners of the situation of learners who are less motivated to learn. The purpose of this is to facilitate the continuation of self-study such as distance learning.

[0012]

According to the present invention, learning material storage means for storing learning material composed of multimedia data such as voice, video and text, and learning material stored in the learning material storage means are learned. A learning material presenting means for presenting to a learner, an operation means for a learner to input operation information at the time of learning with respect to the teaching material presented by the teaching material presenting means, and a situation information showing a situation of the learner The situation information inputting means for performing the situation information, the situation information inputted by the situation inputting means, the presentation situation of the teaching material presented to the learner by the teaching material presenting means, and the learner operation information inputted by the operating means. Based on the learning situation judging means for judging the learning situation of the learner and the learning situation judged by the learning situation judging means, The learning status storage means that stores the learning status storage means as time series information in association with the presentation status, and the learning material stored in the teaching material storage means based on the learning status stored in the learning status storage means, and the learning status storage means. A presentation method determining means for determining a presentation method of the time-series information of the learning situation stored in the learning situation, a presentation situation of the teaching material stored in the learning situation storing means, and a learning situation of the learner determined by the presentation method determining means. And a learning status presenting means for presenting to the learner in association with the time series information.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to accurately grasp one's own learning situation and to easily restart the learning after the interruption.

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of learners who study using the same teaching material record a message input means for inputting a message to each other and a message input by the message input means. The message recording means, the message presenting means for presenting the message recorded by the message recording means to the learner, and the message group recorded in the message recording means determine the interpersonal relationship between the learners. For further interpersonal relationship determination means for, the presentation method determination means, the learning status of the learner determined by the learning status determination means, based on the interpersonal relationship determined by the interpersonal relationship determination means, other It is characterized by determining whether or not to present it to the learner.

According to the present invention as described above, communication between learners can be promoted by presenting the learning status among a plurality of learners according to the interpersonal relationship.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [First Embodiment] A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The teaching material storage unit 10 has prepared voices and images,
It stores learning materials consisting of multimedia data such as texts. The teaching material stored in the teaching material storage unit 10 is presented to the learner by the teaching material presentation unit 11 such as a display or a speaker.

The learner selects an educational material presented on the educational material presenting section 11 and inputs an answer to a question by using the operating section 12 such as a keyboard or a mouse.

The status information input unit 13 is, for example, a camera for monitoring the learning status of the learner, a microphone for picking up voice information, or a device for monitoring biological information such as the skin potential of the learner. The learning status determination unit 14 determines the learning status such as the awakening state of the learner based on the status information such as video, audio, and biological information input by the status information input unit 13. The learning status storage unit 15 stores the learning status determined by the learning status determination unit 14 as time-series information in association with the presentation status of the teaching material previously presented by the teaching material presentation unit 11.

The learning status presentation section 16 presents the learning status stored in the learning status storage section 15 in association with the presentation status of the teaching material presented by the teaching material presentation section 11. The presentation method determination unit 17 uses the learning information stored in the teaching material storage unit 10 based on the learner's operation information input from the operation unit 12 and the learning status stored in the learning status storage unit 15.
The method of presenting the learning situation stored in the learning situation storage unit 15 to the learning situation presenting unit 16 is determined.

The processing in the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The outline of the processing flow is shown in the flowchart of FIG. When the learner starts learning by operating the operation unit 12, first, the presentation method determination unit 17 examines the past learning situation from the content stored in the learning situation storage unit 15 and determines whether or not it is the first learning. Yes (step S2
01).

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, in the learning status storage unit 15, the learning status determination unit 14 determines from the learner ID and time, the operation performed by the learner, the teaching material presented, and the status information. The learner's learning status is stored.
If there is no record of learners, it will be the first learning.

In the case of the first learning, the teaching material presentation section 16
The first learning material is presented to the learner according to the presentation order stored in the learning material storage unit 10 (step S204). If it is not the first time, the presentation method determination unit 17 determines the presentation method of the teaching material and the learning situation based on the past learning situation, for example, based on the rule shown at the start of learning in FIG.

The processing of the presentation method determination unit 17 will be described with reference to the learning status information of FIG. First, a series of data in which the time continues is extracted from the data having the same user ID as the learner and the past date closest to the current date. Among them, the data with the earliest time (start data of a series of learning), the data with the latest time (final data of a series of learning), and the data representing the learning situation (Condit
All lines starting with ion :) are extracted. Next, the time when Condition is a certain value (lower limit of arousal level, eg 0.2) (concentration time) and the time when it is below (rest time)
Find the sum of each.

[0024] For example, in the case of an approximate calculation, Condition1
In the period from the state of 1 to the state of Condition 2, it is assumed that the state of Condition 1 is assumed. Figure 4
In the learning situation of learners in (2), Condition 0.2
5. In the learning situation (3), Condition 0.19, and 10 seconds during this period. This 10 seconds is Condition 0.2
The above concentrated time is added to the total. On the other hand, 10 seconds between learning situation (3) and learning situation (4)
ion Add to rest time less than 0.2.

However, the first Condit from the learning start data
The time until the ion data is considered to be the same as the learning status of the first Condition data. Therefore, in FIG. 4, Condition is 0.55 for 25 seconds from the start to the learning status (1). In addition, 3 seconds from the last learning status (5) to the final data is the Conditio of the last learning status (5).
n 0.45.

Using the concentration time and the break time obtained by such a method, (concentration time / (concentration time + break time)) ×
If the value of 100 is 90% or more, rule 1 at the start of learning in FIG. 3 is 50% or more and less than 90%, rules 2 and 5
If it is less than 0%, rule 3 is used.

When the rule 1 is applied, or when the learner selects [Proceed] without selecting past learning items, for example, according to the settings stored in the teaching material storage unit 10, The next teaching material to be presented is decided according to the learning situation.

If rule 2 or rule 3 is true, the learning status presenting section 16 presents the learning status in the past to the learner (step S203). For example, in FIG.
As shown in, the learning status is displayed in time series with the presentation time of the teaching material on the horizontal axis and the degree of concentration of the learner on the vertical axis. The graph may be displayed by curve approximation. In FIG. 5, the item names of the presented teaching materials are displayed along the time axis.

Here, when the learner designates an arbitrary item name, the teaching material of the designated item is read from the teaching material storage unit 10 and presented to the teaching material presentation unit 11 (step S204).
You can resume learning. Learners within a certain time
When a preset operation is performed on the teaching material, predetermined teaching materials are sequentially presented from the teaching material presenting unit 11 according to the setting of the teaching material. For example, for the question presented on the teaching material presentation unit 11 as shown in FIG. 6, if the learner selects the correct answer from the operation unit 12, the next question is presented, and if the answer is incorrect, a commentary page is presented. The presentation method determination unit 17 according to various settings.
Decides the teaching material to be presented.

As shown in FIG. 6, the teaching material presenting section 11 and the learning situation presenting section 16 may simultaneously present the teaching material and the past learning situation on the same screen. Here, the upper window of FIG. 6 presents the past learning situation, and the teaching material corresponding to the lower window is presented. The presentation content of the teaching material is adjusted by moving the slider in the upper window of FIG. 6 via the operation unit 12. The learner can operate the slider while checking the contents to select an arbitrary position on the teaching material and restart the learning. After the teaching material is presented, the teaching material and the time presented in the format of FIG. 4 are stored in the learning situation storage unit 15 as the presentation situation (step S205).

The learner proceeds with the learning according to the presented teaching material. For example, the learner selects any one of the items shown in the lower window of FIG. 6 or uses the keyboard or the microphone. An answer is input from the operation unit 12 (step S206). The learner's operation content and time are also stored in the learning situation storage unit 15 as a part of the learning situation as shown in FIG. 4 (step S207).

By the way, when the learner does not perform the next operation even after a certain period of time, the learning situation judging section 14 judges the learning situation of the learner. This learning situation determination unit 1
As the method of determining the learner's situation in 4, the learner's image information input from the camera as the situation information input unit 13 is analyzed, and sitting, leaving, face orientation, gazing point on the screen, A method has been proposed in which the degree of arousal is obtained from the number of blinks, the length of time the eyes are closed, the head movement such as nodding, and the facial expression. Further, there is also known a method of obtaining the arousal level by using biological information such as pulse wave / pulse, skin potential, skin temperature, and blood glucose level. Further, the frequency of breathing may be obtained from the sound of breathing input from the microphone.

From these data, the learning situation of the learner (for example, the degree of arousal is regarded as the degree of concentration), for example, from 0 to 1.
Calculated as a value up to 0. Alternatively, if the time from the presentation of the teaching material to the learner's operation exceeds a certain time, it may be determined that the degree of concentration is low.

Here, the learning status and time of the learner are also part of the learning status, as shown in FIG.
(Step S209). If the learner's operation status from the operation unit 12 or the learning status is recorded,
The presentation method determination unit 17 determines the presentation method of the next teaching material (step S202). Here, the decision is made using a rule as shown in the presentation method decision rule during learning shown in FIG.

First, when the learner performs a preset operation on the teaching material within a certain period of time, Rule 1 determines the teaching material to be presented next according to the setting. For example, in the teaching material displayed in FIG. 6, if the learner selects the correct answer, it is preset in the teaching material storage unit 10 to present the next question, and if the answer is incorrect, a commentary page is presented. It is set. The presentation method determination unit 17 determines the teaching material to be presented according to this setting.

On the other hand, when the learner does not perform an operation within a fixed time, the presentation method determination unit 17 determines the next presentation content according to the progress of the learning situation of the learner. In this case as well, the decision is made using the rule shown in the presentation method decision rule during learning shown in FIG.

For example, in the teaching material of FIG. 6, even if the learner does not answer the question for 10 seconds, if the value of the learning status of the learner obtained from the learning status determining unit 14 is continuously good, the rule 2 is followed. Present the same page continuously. Also, if the value of the learning situation falls from a high level, hints and eye-catching images are presented according to rule 3, and if the value of the learning situation remains at a low level, the table of contents follows rule 4 And ask the learner to change to another learning item.

Further, when the value of the learning situation remains at a low level and the learning item is not changed, the next question is presented without waiting for the answer from the learner according to rule 5. Then, when the value of the learning situation rises from the low level to the awakening level or higher, the graph of the learning situation up to the present as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 is presented according to the rule 6, and the learner moves to an arbitrary position. Be able to choose whether to go back and resume.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the learner can confirm his / her own learning situation, so after the interruption of learning, the learner returns to an appropriate position and resumes learning. Easy to do. Even if there is a part that you missed because you fell asleep while playing back teaching materials such as video and audio, you can supplement only that part later. As a result, self-study style learning such as distance learning can be continued without giving up.

[Second Embodiment] A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. The learning support device handled by each learner is assumed to have the same configuration as the block diagram of FIG. 1 shown in the first embodiment, and the learning is performed by using the teaching material presenting unit 11 and the operating unit 12. . In FIG. 7, the same constituents as those in FIG. 1 will be described by giving the same numbers. In addition, although each of the configurations in FIG. 7 is described so as to be used individually for each learner, they may be shared.

In the learning support device of the second embodiment,
In order to communicate between the learners, the following configuration is provided in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment. The message input unit 18 is for inputting message data including text, voice, images and the like. In addition, the recipient of the input message (such as a learner who can read the message and a group name of the learner) is input.

The message storage unit 19 stores the message input from the message input unit 18 and its destination. The message stored in the message storage unit 19 is
The message is presented to the learner included in the destination of each message or the message presenting unit 20 of the member of the learning group.

The interpersonal relationship determination unit 21 analyzes the destination information of each message stored in the message storage unit 19 or the message data itself to determine the interpersonal relationship between learners. The presentation method determination unit 17 uses the interpersonal relationship determined by the interpersonal relationship determination unit 21,
A learner having a close relationship is specified, the learning situation is read from the learning situation storage unit 15 of the learner, and whether or not to present the learning situation and a presentation method are determined.

The procedure of processing in the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Here, a plurality of learners use the teaching materials having the same learning content to promote learning in a self-study format as in the first embodiment. In addition, learners who learn the same learning content have means for exchanging messages.

For example, by selecting [To bulletin board] on the screen of the teaching material presentation unit 11 as shown in FIG. 8, a browsing screen of a bulletin board related to the teaching material, as shown in FIG. Is displayed. The message presenting unit 20 displays a list 91 of topics that have been posted on the bulletin board so far in order of the date and time when the topic was created, based on the data recorded in the message storage unit 19 described later. When the learner selects any of the topics, a list 92 of messages posted in the same topic, including the message that created the topic, the message that was replied to the message and the reply to the reply, is displayed. It Below the list of messages is the body 93 of the currently selected message.
Is displayed.

When the [Write reply] button is selected, a window screen for inputting a reply to the selected message as shown in FIG. 10, for example, is presented, and the learner can reply to the message from the message input unit 18. Can write Also, if you select the [New] button,
You can post a message about a new topic. In the example of FIG. 10, the reply destination of the message may be sent to the bulletin board or may be sent only to the poster who is the reply source.

The topic N of such posted messages
o., message number, subject, author, text, date and time of creation, destination, and in case of reply, message number and topic number of reply source are recorded in the message storage section 19.
When a new topic is created, topic data such as the topic number, the first message number of the topic, the Subject, the creator, the creation date and time is recorded.

Further, at the start of learning, if [See also friends] is selected on the screen such as the learning situation in FIG. 11 or the teaching material in FIG. 8, the same teaching material in the past is selected from learners having a high interpersonal value. The learning status of a learner who has performed learning is simultaneously displayed on the screens shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.

As a result, the learner can notice the presence of the fellow who is being struck or depressed by seeing the learning status of the fellow. For example, selecting a presented learner's face can facilitate sending a message to that learner. Here, the interpersonal relationship between the learners is determined by the interpersonal relationship determination unit 21 from the stored contents of the message storage unit 19 by the following method.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing the reply relationship of messages. The rectangle in the figure represents the message,
It is assumed that the learner data that is the author of the message is recorded. Here, the number of replies for each of the learner who has made a reply to the message of the learner 1 and the learner who has made a reply by the learner 1 is counted. Then, for example, the interpersonal relationship value is obtained by the following equation.

[Value of interpersonal relationship of learner X with respect to learner Y] = [number of replies of learner X to Y] + [number of replies of learner Y to learner X].

By summarizing this, the interpersonal relationship result of the learner 1 as shown in FIG. 15 can be obtained.

It is also possible to analyze the body of the message to obtain a more detailed interpersonal relationship. For example,
By the method as shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-86224, which has been filed by the present applicant, the phrase expression is extracted from the reply message text by using the phrase expression dictionary prepared in advance, and "welcome", "praise", "tune" Find the meaning of terms such as "question" and "repulsion", their strength, and frequency. FIG. 16 shows an example of a phrase expression dictionary.

For example, in the case of the reply message 94 of FIG. 10, the wording expressions "Nice to meet you" and "same" are included. The meaning and strength of each expression is welcome
(2) and tuning (2). Extract phrase expressions from all reply messages and add strengths. Using these, for example, the interpersonal relationship value can be obtained by the following equation.

[Value of interpersonal relationship of learner X with respect to learner Y] = [number of learners X replying to Y] + [number of learners Y replying to learner X] + [welcome included in reply ,praise,
Tuning strength total x 0.2]-[Questions included in reply, total repulsion strength x 0.2]

FIG. 17 shows an example of interpersonal relationship values obtained by this equation.

In this way, by combining the results of analyzing the contents of the message body, the value is increased when the number of replies is small and the relationship is good, and the value is reduced when the number of replies is large and the number of replies is small. be able to.

Further, not only the whole body of the reply message but the part in which the other message is quoted is extracted and the phrase expression is extracted to further improve the accuracy. Also, since the sentences immediately after the quoted part often express an opinion on the original message, the phrase expression was extracted only from the paragraph immediately after the quoted part, or the phrase immediately after the quoted part was extracted. The weight of the phrase expression may be increased.

The learning situation of a learner having a high interpersonal relationship value obtained by the above method is checked to find a learner who has learned the teaching material to be presented. If there are many learners with a positive interpersonal relationship, for example, the priorities may be determined according to any of the following policies, and the learners with higher priorities may be requested.

As a method 1 for determining the priority of the learner,
Give priority to learners with high interpersonal values. This allows
It is possible to prioritize the learning status of close learners.

As the method 2 for determining the priority of the learner, the learner who has a long learning time below the awakening level is prioritized. This creates an opportunity to send a message of baldness to demoralized colleagues.

As a method 3 for determining the priority of the learner, conversely, the learner having a long time exceeding the awakening level is prioritized. By doing this, you can know that there are fellows who are doing their best, and you can ask them questions and ask questions.

As a method 4 for determining the priority of the learner, the learner whose transition of the concentration degree is similar to the learner himself is prioritized. As a result, the feeling of isolation is diminished, and the opportunity to engage in acts such as encouraging fellowship and raising each other is created.

As a method 5 for determining the priority of the learner, conversely, priority is given to a learner whose transition of the degree of concentration is different from the learner himself. This makes it possible to find a companion who understands an item difficult for the learner to ask and ask a question.

As a method 6 for determining the priority of the learner, the isolated learner is prioritized. This prevents learners with few friends from being isolated.

The interpersonal relationship changes with time.
The recent interpersonal relationship may be obtained only from the recent message. Alternatively, conversely, the learner who has little interaction recently may be prioritized. The interpersonal relationship may be set and changed by the learner himself. In that case, even in the interpersonal relationship between the two people, the two people may have different perceptions.

For example, the learner 1 feels close to the learner 2, but the learner 2 feels a distance from the learner 1. In this case, the learning situation of the learner 1 should be shown to the learner 2, but the learning situation of the learner 2 should not be shown to the learner 1 in one direction. Alternatively, according to the person who has set the interpersonal relationship to a low value, neither person should show the learning situation of the other person.

Here, in the examples of FIGS. 12 and 13, only the learning status of a friend who has learned the same teaching material is displayed. However, regardless of the contents of the teaching material, the recent learning status of the fellow is presented. May be. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, if the recent learning statuses of fellows are always displayed, it is possible to always see the state of the fellows, which has the effect of reducing the sense of isolation.

When a fellow student has stopped learning for a while and is not sure about the recent learning situation, a mark pointing backward or a mark indicating that he / she is out is displayed, or the last learning date is displayed. By noticing fellows who are distant from learning, they can casually send messages such as "How are you doing these days?"

According to the second embodiment of the present invention as described above, it is possible to easily grasp the learning situation of another learner who has an interaction with the learner. As a result, there is an effect that the learning can be continued and the feeling of isolation of learning by itself is diminished. In addition, it becomes easier for a colleague to grasp the state of a learner who is less motivated to learn, a message of baldness can be sent, and an appropriate learner can be asked about a learning item that cannot be understood. In this way, by promoting communication between learners who tend to be isolated, there is an effect of being motivated and continuing learning.

It is also possible to realize the processing in each embodiment of the present invention by a computer-executable program and realize the program as a computer-readable storage medium.

As the storage medium in the present invention, a magnetic disk, a floppy (registered trademark) disk,
Hard disk, optical disk (CD-ROM, CD-
R, DVD, etc.), magneto-optical disk (MO, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc., may be of any storage format as long as it is a storage medium capable of storing programs and readable by a computer.

Further, an OS (operation system) running on the computer, database management software, MW (middleware) such as a network, etc., realizes the present embodiment based on the instructions of the program installed in the computer from the storage medium. You may perform a part of each process for doing.

Further, the storage medium in the present invention is not limited to a medium independent of a computer, but includes a storage medium in which a program transmitted via a LAN, the Internet or the like is downloaded and stored or temporarily stored.

Further, the number of storage media is not limited to one, and even when the processing in this embodiment is executed from a plurality of media, it is included in the storage media of the present invention, and the structure of the medium may be any one. Good.

The computer according to the present invention is
Each processing is executed in the present embodiment based on a program stored in a storage medium, which has any configuration such as a device such as a personal computer or a system in which a plurality of devices are network-connected. Good.

Further, the computer in the present invention is not limited to a personal computer but also includes an arithmetic processing unit, a microcomputer and the like included in information processing equipment, and is a generic term for equipment and devices capable of realizing the functions of the present invention by a program. is doing.

[0078]

According to the learning support device and the learning support method for supporting a learner who performs self-learning by using a teaching material provided through a network or the like as in the present invention, a learning motivation and learning are provided. It is possible to obtain a remarkable effect of being able to continue.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram in a first embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing in the first embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a presentation method determination rule in the first embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a stored learning state of a learner in the first embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a learning situation of a learner presented in the first embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a teaching material presented and a past learning situation in the first embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram in a second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an interface for moving to a bulletin board from a presented teaching material and a past learning situation in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a browsing screen of a bulletin board related to the teaching material in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram of a window screen for inputting a reply to a message on a bulletin board in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an interface for calling a friend from the learning status screen in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a learning situation of a learner who has previously studied with the same teaching material in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a learning situation of a learner who has conducted learning with the same teaching material in the past in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a message reply relationship between learners in a second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a calculation result of interpersonal relationship values of learners in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a wording expression dictionary for calculating a learner's interpersonal relationship value in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing interpersonal relationship values of learners obtained by using a wording expression dictionary according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a screen on which the learning statuses of peers are constantly displayed in the second embodiment which is an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Teaching material storage 11 ... Teaching material presentation section 12 ... Operation part 13 ... Status information input section 14 ... Learning status determination unit 15 ... Learning status storage 16 ... Learning status presentation section 17 ... Presentation method determination unit 18 ... Message input section 19 ... Message storage section 20 ... Message presenting section 21 ... Interpersonal relationship determination unit

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hideo Umeki             1st Komukai Toshiba-cho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa             Inside the Toshiba Research and Development Center F-term (reference) 2C028 AA00 BA01 BA02 BB04 BB06                       BC01 BC04 BC05 BD02 CA13

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A teaching material storage means for storing learning material composed of multimedia data such as voice, video and text, and teaching material presentation for presenting the learning material stored in the learning material storage means to a learner. Means, an operation means for a learner to input operation information for learning to the teaching material presented by the teaching material presentation means, and a status information input means for acquiring status information representing the status of the learner. , Status information input by the status input means, presentation status of the teaching material presented to the learner by the teaching material presentation means,
And a learning situation judging means for judging the learning situation of the learner based on the learner's operation information inputted by the operating means, and a learning situation judged by the learning situation judging means,
Based on the learning situation storage means for storing as time-series information in association with the presentation situation of the teaching material presented by the teaching material presentation means, and stored in the teaching material storage means based on the learning situation stored in the learning situation storage means. Teaching material, a presentation method deciding means for deciding a presentation method of the time series information of the learning situation stored in the learning situation storing means, a presentation situation of the teaching material stored in the learning situation storing means, and the presenting method deciding means And a learning situation presenting means for presenting to the learner the time-series information of the learning situation of the learner determined by the learning support device. 2. The situation information input by the situation information input means is a voice uttered by a learner, image information of the learner,
The learning support device according to claim 1, wherein the learning support device comprises any one or more of biological information such as skin potential. 3. The learning status determining means analyzes the status information input from the status information inputting means, and determines the transition of the degree of interest in the teaching material, which includes the awakening state and concentration of the learner. The learning support device according to claim 1, wherein the learning support device is a learning support device. 4. The learning status presenting means, when the learning status judging means judges that the degree of interest of the learner has recovered, changes the degree of interest of the learner with the teaching material presentation status. The learning support device according to claim 3, wherein the learning support device is presented correspondingly. 5. The operating means reduces the degree of interest of the learner by the learner based on the transition of the degree of interest of the learner presented by the learning situation presenting means and the presentation situation of the teaching material. The learning support device according to claim 4, wherein the learning support device is configured to select whether or not to present the teaching material at the time point. 6. A message inputting unit for a plurality of learners who use the same teaching material to input messages to each other, and a message recording unit for recording the message input by the message inputting unit. Means, a message presenting means for presenting a message recorded by the message recording means to a learner, and an interpersonal person for determining an interpersonal relationship between learners from a message group recorded in the message recording means The presentation method determination means further comprises a relationship determination means, the learning status of the learner determined by the learning status determination means, based on the interpersonal relationship determined by the interpersonal relationship determination means, to other learners. The learning support device according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not to present. 7. A learning material composed of multimedia data such as voice, video, and text stored in the teaching material storage means is presented to a learner by the teaching material presentation means, and the learning material presented by the teaching material presentation means is used. On the other hand, the learner inputs the operation information at the time of learning by the operation means, and the situation information indicating the situation of the learner is acquired by the situation information input means, and the situation information input by the situation input means and the teaching material presentation The presentation status of the teaching materials presented to the learner by means,
And the learning status of the learner is determined by the learning status determining means based on the learner's operation information input by the operating means, and the learning status determined by the learning status determining means is
Corresponding to the presentation status of the teaching material presented by the teaching material presentation means, it is stored as time series information in the learning situation storage means, and stored in the teaching material storage means based on the learning situation stored in the learning situation storage means. The teaching material and the presentation method of the time series information of the learning situation stored in the learning situation storage means are determined by the presentation method determining means, and the presentation situation of the teaching material stored in the learning situation storage means and the presentation method determination A learning support method characterized in that time series information of a learning situation of a learner determined by the means is associated and presented to the learner by the learning situation presenting means. 8. A plurality of learners who use the same teaching material to input a message to each other using a message input means, and record the message input by the message input means in a message recording means, The message recorded in the message recording unit is presented to the learner by the message presenting unit, and the interpersonal relationship between the learners is determined by the interpersonal relationship determining unit from the message group recorded in the message recording unit, The presentation method determination means determines whether or not to present the learning status of the learner determined by the learning status determination means to another learner based on the interpersonal relationship determined by the interpersonal relationship determination means. The learning support method according to claim 7, wherein: